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Interesting reading on exercise and aging.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2410181/masters-marathoners-physiology-research
https://www.outsideonline.com/2410181/masters-marathoners-physiology-research
At least, it's encouraging news for oldies who stick rigorously to getting on their bikes very regularlyEncouraging news for oldies! (Signed ColinJ, aged 64... )
I have just made a reference to that in my Garforth ride thread!At least, it's encouraging news for oldies who stick rigorously to getting on their bikes very regularly
A very good point, I had to give up distance running because of persistent injury but I still see people I was running with 40 years ago pounding the tarmac.Elderly marathon runners are a self selecting group with very special characteristics, mainly resistance to running injury.
I have just made a reference to that in my Garforth ride thread!
Seriously though... It is obvious to me that consistency is what I am lacking. I do lots of hard rides from spring to autumn but then go seriously off the boil in the winter just as I had started to get fit again.
@Littgull is slightly older than me, but he can blow me away because he never really stops riding and keeps his fitness.
I used to go to Spain at this time of year after typically riding less than 100 km in the 4 months prior to that. I would then cram 1,200+ kms of fast(ish) hilly/mountainous riding into a 2 week holiday. It used to half kill me, but it kickstarted my fitness. (And made me ill! I picked up a cold every year as soon as I got home, but by the start of April, I'd be good to go.)
Riding through winter is what makes the rest of the year so much easier. Not just physically, but certainly mentally.I have just made a reference to that in my Garforth ride thread!
Seriously though... It is obvious to me that consistency is what I am lacking. I do lots of hard rides from spring to autumn but then go seriously off the boil in the winter just as I had started to get fit again.
@Littgull is slightly older than me, but he can blow me away because he never really stops riding and keeps his fitness.
I used to go to Spain at this time of year after typically riding less than 100 km in the 4 months prior to that. I would then cram 1,200+ kms of fast(ish) hilly/mountainous riding into a 2 week holiday. It used to half kill me, but it kickstarted my fitness. (And made me ill! I picked up a cold every year as soon as I got home, but by the start of April, I'd be good to go.)
Agreed.Riding through winter is what makes the rest of the year so much easier. Not just physically, but certainly mentally.
Agreed.
I typically get to (say) 70% of a decent fitness level by the end of October but am back down to 30% or less by the end of the winter. Then I start the process again.
I did one winter of hard turbo training starting from that 70% figure and so got to April at ~80%. That autumn I got up to ~90%. And then let it all slip away again!
I have just made a reference to that in my Garforth ride thread!
Seriously though... It is obvious to me that consistency is what I am lacking. I do lots of hard rides from spring to autumn but then go seriously off the boil in the winter just as I had started to get fit again.
@Littgull is slightly older than me, but he can blow me away because he never really stops riding and keeps his fitness.
I used to go to Spain at this time of year after typically riding less than 100 km in the 4 months prior to that. I would then cram 1,200+ kms of fast(ish) hilly/mountainous riding into a 2 week holiday. It used to half kill me, but it kickstarted my fitness. (And made me ill! I picked up a cold every year as soon as I got home, but by the start of April, I'd be good to go.)
That must be true!Elderly marathon runners are a self selecting group with very special characteristics, mainly resistance to running injury.